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Lieberman also said that “colleagues like Barack Obama were voting to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield.” That’s a highly misleading claim that McCain also touted in an ad this summer. Obama has voted in favor of war-funding bills at least 10 times since becoming a senator. The McCain camp and Republicans cite one vote Obama cast against a funding bill as justification for their claim – but that vote came after President Bush had vetoed a version of the bill that included a date for withdrawal from Iraq.

In fact, most Republicans voted against that 2007 war-funding bill Obama and the Democrats supported. McCain was absent for the vote, but he urged the president to veto the bill. As we said about this subject previously, “Based on those facts, it would be literally true to say that ‘McCain urged a veto of funding for our troops.’ But that would be oversimplified to the point of being seriously misleading.” And the same goes for Lieberman’s claim at the convention.

So don’t be all so proud that a “Democrat” was speaking up for McCain.

I didn’t see Joe-mentum’s speach last night. I was too busy watching paint dry. I do plan on watching the tape later today.

Democrats like Joe Lieberman know the right thing to do is vote McCain.

I think that commercial TV recognizes that the speeches won’t keep viewers, so instead they show pundits commenting on the media.

The speeches are hard to watch, though — the applause lines are flat and they’re not generating real applause, and you’re left cringing and feeling really bad for the “Republicans on Parade.” It’s awkward.

PBS is doing its best to say good things about the speakers, though, between speeches. Republicans ought to be cutting them some checks for their generosity.